PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

Faculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor

Liaison Areas: Business, Business Analytics and Information Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Management, Marketing, Quantitative Business Economics, Real Estate

Courses Taught:

ILS 301 Data Foundations, Tools, and Applications

MGMT 175 Information Strategies for Management Students

Education:

MA, Library and Information Science, University of Iowa
MA, Communication Studies (Film), University of Iowa
BA, English, Carleton College

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Baker, N., & Mosier, D. T. (2026). Warhammer serial paratext: A Games Workshop business strategy. Games and Culture. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120261445941
  2. Stocking, E., Baker, N., & Consiglio, D. (2026). Business students and academic libraries: A national study of business student library perceptions via the MISO Survey. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2026.2632464
  3. Baker, N. (2024). 50 years of Gen Con events: A dataset analysis. Analog Game Studies 11(2), 60-80. https://doi.org/10.5070/V7.6021XI
  4. Baker, N., Furlong, K., Consiglio, D., Lankewicz Holbert, G., Milberg, C., Reynolds, K., & Wilson, J. (2018). Demonstrating the value of “library as place” with the MISO Survey. Performance Measurement and Metrics, 19(2), 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/PMM-01-2018-0004
  5. Allen, L., Baker, N., Wilson, J., Creamer, K., & Consiglio, D. (2013). Analyzing the MISO data: Broader perspectives on library and computing trends. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 8(2), 129-138. https://doi.org/10.18438/B82G7V
  6. Baker, N., & Kirk, T. G., Jr. (2007). Merged service outcomes at Earlham College. Reference Services Review, 35(3), 379-387. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320710774256
  7. Baker, N. (2005). The representation of Québec in Marvel Comics’ Alpha Flight. Quebec Studies, 40, 65-78. https://doi.org/10.3828/qs.40.1.65
  8. Baker, N. (2004). The politics of language in science fiction from Québec. Contemporary French Civilization, 28(1), 33-53. https://doi.org/10.3828/cfc.2004.28.1.003
  9. Baker, N. (2002). The US-Japan security alliance and Blood: The Last Vampire. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 13(2), 143-152. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43308577
  10. Baker, N. (2001). Syncretism: A federalist approach to Canadian science fiction. Extrapolation, 42(3), 218-231. https://doi.org/10.3828/extr.2001.42.3.218
  11. Baker, N. (1998). Imaginative forecasting, models, and environmental chaos. Extrapolation, 39(3), 249-257. https://doi.org/10.3828/extr.1998.39.3.249

Book Chapters

  1. Baker, N. (2025). The Warhammer product and service portfolio: Wayfinding information as competitive advantage. In M. J. P. Wolf (Ed.), Navigating imaginary worlds: Wayfinding and subcreation (pp. 116-131). Routledge.
  2. Fribley, K., Bryant, A., Pareja, J. -P., Baker, N. (2020). How librarians can improve first-generation student retention through outreach, immersion, and partnerships. In C. Bombaro (Ed.), Diversity, equity, and inclusion in action: Planning, leadership, and programming (pp. 119-34). ALA.
  3. Baker, N., Blinn, K. L., & Washington-Lacey, B. (2020). Mission renewal: Information literacy as a campus diversity and inclusion program. In C. Boff and C. Cardwell (Eds.), Leading change in academic libraries (pp. 177-185). ACRL.
  4. Baker, N. (2017). Secondary world infrastructures and tabletop fantasy role-playing games. In M. J. P. Wolf (Ed.), Revisiting imaginary worlds: A subcreation studies anthology (pp. 83-95). Routledge.
  5. Lim, A., Lewis, L., & Baker, N. (2015). Playing at the big table: Betting on transformative change and collaboration at the Frye Leadership Institute. In I. M. H. Herold (Ed.), Creating leaders: An examination of academic and research library leadership institutes (pp. 281-309). ACRL.
  6. Baker, N. (2014). Middle-earth and LEGO (re)creation. In M. J. P. Wolf (Ed.), LEGO studies: Examining the building blocks of a transmedial phenomenon (pp. 40-54). Routledge.
  7. Baker, N. (2013). Film studies. In P. Ragains (Ed.), Information literacy instruction that works: A guide to teaching by discipline and student population (2nd ed., pp. 145-154). Neal-Schuman.
  8. Baker, N., & Taylor, N. (2013). Measuring the “excellence” of librarianship at Earlham College. In J. Hill & S. S. Steffen (Eds.), Excellence in the stacks (pp. 1-14). Chandos. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-84334-665-4.50001-0
  9. Baker, N., & Kirk, T. G., Jr. (2007). Emergence/emergency? The Earlham Libraries and the first-year experience. In L. Hardesty (Ed.), The role of the library in the first college year (pp. 229-233). University of South Carolina, National Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
  10. Baker, N. (2006). Film studies and information literacy. In P. Ragains (Ed.), Information literacy instruction that works: A guide to teaching by discipline and student population (pp. 151-163). Neal-Schuman.
  11. Baker, N. (1997). Creole identity politics, race, and Star Trek: Voyager. In E. A. Leonard (Ed.), Into darkness peering: Race and color in the fantastic (pp. 119-129). Greenwood.

Other Professional Publications

  1. Baker, N., & Pinzino, J. M. (2017). A reserved table for first-generation students. In R. Pun and M. Houlihan (Eds.), The first-year experience cookbook. (pp. 59-60). ACRL.
  2. Consiglio, D., Allen, L., Baker, N., Creamer, K., & Wilson, J. Evaluating IT and library services with the MISO Survey. (2011). ECAR Research Bulletin EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research. https://library.educause.edu/resources/2011/7/evaluating-it-and-library-services-with-the-miso-survey
  3. Baker, N. (2010). The rise of digital game studies. Choice 48(1), 27-34.
PRESENTATIONS
  1. Baker, N. (2026, May). Control your AI narrative: A reflective elevator pitch activity. Academic Libraries of Indiana Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.
  2. Baker, N., Faulkner, A., Weaver, B., & Lim, E. (2026, March). The business of self: Personality-driven business models (influencers, TTRPG players, etc.) [Virtual panel presentation]. ALA RUSA Webinar.
  3. Contreras, R., Sutherlin, L., Cramer, S., & Baker, N. (2025, November). Cutting through the noise: How vendors and librarians can respond to what faculty want (but rarely say) [Virtual panel presentation]. Charleston Conference.
  4. Baker, N., Mayhook, Z., & Mosier, D. (2025, November). Undergraduate research mentorship as accountability, ownership, and understanding [Panel presentation]. Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
  5. Baker, N. (2024, March). Impact business courses and beyond through collaborative outreach. Southern Academic Business Librarians Conference. University of South Carolina.
  6. Baker, N. (2023, July). A new business librarian’s first 6 weeks before the MBLS [Lightning presentation]. Midwest Business Librarian Summit. Purdue University.
  7. Baker, N., & Pareja, J. – P. (2019, October). The impact of mobile technology on two study away summer programs [Panel presentation]. Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference. Bucknell University.
  8. Kalve, K., Baker, N. & Paule, M. (2019, October). Teaching border studies on the liberal arts campus [Workshop]. AACU Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers: Crossing Boundaries and Borders. San Antonio, TX.
  9. Baker, N., & Pareja, J. -P. (2018, November). LIFT: A library-instructional technology program for first-generation students [Poster presentation]. EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Denver, CO.
  10. Baker, N. (2018, April). Mission critical: Information literacy reframed as a university equality and diversity initiative. LILAC. University of Liverpool, UK.
  11. Baker, N., & Leavitt, L. (2017, October). Writing center + library = Digital writing interdisciplinary faculty development [Poster presentation]. Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference. Bucknell University.
  12. Albright, P., Baker, N., Green, J., & Washington-Lacey, B. (2017, June). First-generation, continuing generation…. all generations: Improving support for endurance and success [Panel presentation]. HEDS Annual Conference. Cincinnati, OH.
  13. Baker, N. (2017, March). Tabletop fantasy miniatures games and secondary world infrastructures. Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations. University of Glasgow, UK.
  14. Baker, N. (2016, March). World-building infrastructure and DIY guidance in tabletop fantasy role-playing games. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, FL.
  15. Furlong, K., Consiglio, D., Baker, N., Wilson, J., Lankewicz Holbert, G., Milberg, C., & Reynolds, K. J. (2015, July). Measuring information service outcomes in libraries: Findings and insights from the MISO Survey [Panel presentation]. Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services. Edinburgh, UK.
  16. Baker, N. (2015, May). A game of tropes/a dance with data: “Library” facilities planning at Earlham College. Academic Libraries of Indiana Annual Meeting. DePauw University.
  17. Baker, N. (2015, March). LEGO Middle-earth: The adaptation of film adaptations. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, FL.
  18. Baker, N. (2013, October). (De)constructing a 21st-century science library. Oberlin Group Annual Directors Meeting. Rollins College.
  19. Baker, N., Furlong, K., & Lankewicz Holbert, G. (2013, April). Demonstrating the value of academic libraries with the MISO Survey [Poster presentation]. ACRL Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
  20. Baker, N. (2012, March). Ludology, narratology, hobby: Games Workshop PLC as a business and theoretical model. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, FL.
  21. Allen, L., Baker, N., & Creamer, K. (2011, June). What students and faculty want: Insights from the MISO Survey [Panel presentation]. Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges Annual Conference. Kalamazoo College.
  22. Baker, N., Todd, K., & Waelchli, P. (2011, April). The pedagogy of gaming [Panel presentation]. ACRL Conference. Philadelphia, PA.
  23. Allen, L., Baker, N., Wilson, J., Creamer, K., & Consiglio, D. (2010, October). Analyzing the MISO data: Broader perspectives on library and computing trends [Panel presentation]. 2010 Library Assessment Conference. Baltimore, MD.
  24. Baker, N. (2010, June). The MISO Survey: Assessing library and computing services in higher education. NITLE Camp 2010. DePauw University.
  25. Baker, N. (2010, March). The representation of the banlieue in recent French science fiction and fantasy. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, FL.
  26. Baker, N. (2010, January). Prêt-à-porter technology: Rebooting the Earlham College study abroad program à la française [Poster presentation]. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.
  27. Baker, N. (2009, April). Cultivating quality collaboration [Panel presentation]. Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Annual Conference. Green Lake, WI.
  28. Nicholson, K., Baker, N., & McCann, S. (2009, March). Improving on excellence: Looking beyond information literacy to 21st-century educational paradigms and virtual worlds [Panel presentation]. ACRL Conference. Seattle, WA.
  29. Baker, N. (2008, July). Collaboration case studies [Panel presentation]. Cultivating Quality Collaboration Workshop. Lake Forest College.
  30. Baker, N. (2007, March). Bleu, blanc, bruised: Banlieue 13 as a science fiction, martial arts political statement. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
  31. Baker, N. (2006, March). Information services professional staff perspectives [Panel presentation]. CLIR/CIC Conference: Integrating Library and Computing Services. Kenyon College.
  32. Baker, N. (2003, November). French integration: The film version of Herman Melville’s Pierre; or, The Ambiguities. Literature/Film Association Conference. Towson University.
  33. Baker, N. (2003, March). Vampirism in millennial Japanese animation. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
  34. Baker, N. (2001, March). The politics of language in Québécois science fiction. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
  35. Baker, N. (1998, April). Culture as alloy: The Fifth Element. American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.
  36. Baker, N. (1997, March). Weather patterns: Nature, chaos, and the contemporary fantastic. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
  37. Baker, N. (1996, March). Trekking creoleness: Identity politics in the 24th century. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.